Toy with windable head for rotation



May 6, 1952 s. H. RosENTHAl.

TOY WITH WINDABLE HEAD FOR ROTATION Filed Aug. 2, 1950 NVENTOR. jnafL ,fafA/ff/4L Patented May 6, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE 2,595,883 i v 'roY WITH WINDABLE HEAD Foa RoTAr'IoN samuel H. RosentharNew York, N. YZ.

Application August 2, 1950, Serial No. 177,172

1 Claim. `1

This invention relates toY toyanimals or dolls and has particular reference to a toy of said character which is adapted to provide amusement by winding the head so as to tension the same to thereby eifect free rotation thereof when released.

The invention also has for an object to provide a toy animal or doll in which the head is mounted for rotation with reference to the body thereof and which is tensioned by the winding of a spring for effecting free rotation of the head when the spring is released. v

Still another object of the invention is to provide in a toy of said character a rotatable casing connecting the head to the body thereof and having a torsion spring arranged therein and adapted to be tensioned by the pulling of a cord wound on the casing so as to provide free rotation of the head when the cord is released.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a toy animal or doll having musical tines adapted to be actuated to emit a musical sound when the head is rotated by the spring.

With the foregoing .and other objects in view,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a toy animal having a windable head constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view showing the structure connecting the head and body lof the toy.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken approximately on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. el is a fragmentary sectional view taken approximately on line 4--4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional View showing one of the prongs for engagement with the musical tines.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, the toy animal or doll may be of any desired character and as illustrated, the same includes a body or torso I0, a head II and limbs I2 secured to the body or torso for relative movement.

The head I I is connected with the body or torso for relative turning movement and for this purpose the head is mounted on a spool-like housing I3 journaled for rotation on a central stud I4 which extends downwardly therethrough and is aixed at its lower end to metallic plates I6 and I1 by means of upper and lower nuts I8 and I9 tightened against said plates respectively and functioning to tightly secure the inturned end portion 25 of the outer casing 2l of the body or torso I0 between the metal plates I5 and I1.

The housing I3 includes upper and lower annular plates 22 and 23 and a peripheral wall 24 located between and secured to said upper and lower plates inwardly of the outer edge thereof so as to provide recesses 25 surrounding the peripheral wall 24 and said upper and lower plates 22 and 23 and the peripheral wall forming an annular cavity 26 surrounding the stud I4 in which cavity is located a torsion spring 21 secured at its inner end in a slot 28 in said stud and at its outer end secured to the peripheral wall 24 by a rivet 29.

As illustrated, the spring 21 is arranged for rotating the spool-like housing I3 in a counterclockwise direction to thereby tighten the spring and for rotation in a clockwise direction for free rotation of the head when the spring is released. It is to be understood however, that the spring 21 may be arranged for free rotation of the head in any desired direction. A cord 30 is secured to the peripheral wall 24 at its inner end as at 3| and is adapted to be wound thereupon within the annular recess 25 so as to turn the housing I3 on the stud I4 by manually pulling the cord outwardly to thereby unwind the cord therefrom and to wind the spring whereby when the cord is released, the spring will function to rotate the head and to again wind the cord on the housing I3.

The outer periphery 32 of the lower plate 23 is downturned so as to provide a guide for training the oord 3D into the recess 25. The head I I is secured to the upper plate 22 by a drawstring or wire 33 which is threaded through the inturned lower end 34 of the outer casing 35 of the head with the drawstring or wire tightened to thereby secure the inturned end 34 against the peripheral wall 24.

The upper plate I6 is provided with a plurality of radially arranged musical tines 36 which are secured to the upper surface thereof by rivets 31. The said tines are offset upwardly as at 38 with the outer portions thereof arranged parallel with the upper plate I6 and overlying rectangular radially arranged openings 39. The tines are adapted to be engaged by a plurality of arcuately spaced prongs 4U which are struck from the body of the lower plate 23 of the housing I3 with the lower ends 4l thereof being rounded so as to ride over and depress the tines 36 when the head II is rotated in either direction. As each tine 36 springs upwardly after being depressed by the prongs 4I), the same will emit a musical sound.

The body, head and limbs of the toy animal or doll are filled with kapok 43 or other lling material so as to extend the outer casings thereof.

What is claimed is:

In a toy ligure, a body having a head and a torso, superposed plate members secured to the upper end of said torso, a stud ailixed to Said plates and projecting upwardly therefrom, a housing mounted for rotation on said stud and to which housing the head is aixed for turning movement with the housing, a torsion spring 1ocated in said housing and afxed at its inner end to said stud and at the outer end to said housing, said housing having a peripheral wall and side Walls extending outwardly beyond said peripheral wall to provide an annular peripheral recess, a cord aixed at one end to said housing and adapted to be wound on the peripheral wall within said recess for turning said housing to thereby tension said spring by the pulling of the cord outwardly so as to unwind the cord therefrom and to wind the spring whereby the spring 4 will function to rotate the head and to again wind the cord on the housing when the cord is released, said housing having depending projections and the uppermost of said plates having tines affixed thereto so as to project above the upper surface thereof and adapted to be engaged by said projections when the housing is rotated to thereby cause said tines to emit sound.

SAMUEL H. ROSENTHAL.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the iile of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 748,087 Mighels et al. Dec. 29, 1903 826,893 Seiss July 24, 1906 1,418,936 Kolanowski June 6, 1922 1,507,657 Benoist Sept. 9, 1924 1,529,376 Rosenthal Mar. 10, 1925 1,942,006 Shikaly Jan. 2, 1934 

